Author: Nicki Clausen-Grace

Sarah Martino is a kindergarten teacher, author, conference presenter and kindergarten intervention teacher. She is the co-author of Kindergarten and the Common Core: It”s as Easy as ABC which won Learning Magazine”s 2015 Teacher”s Choice Award for outstanding professional development resource. She has also written teacher”s guides for educational materials. Sarah has been a kindergarten teacher and intervention teacher for 15 years. Sarah received her Master”s Degree in Literacy in 2004. She focused her action research on writing in kindergarten. Sarah currently works at Country Trails Elementary School in CUSD 301. She works with students and teachers at the school site to implement and improve literacy instruction. She was a nominee for the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching Award from WGN. In addition to her site-based job, Sarah has been presenting for the past 11 years at state, university, local and international level. Most recently, she has presented for NAEYC in Orlando and Dallas, the I Teach Conference in Las Vegas, the annual IASCD Pre- K- Kdg Conference and the International Literacy Association Conference in St. Louis. Sarah lives in Elgin, Illinois with her husband Mike, her step-daughter Alexis and their two sons, Trevor and Owen.